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The Flying Horse Big Band is a
big band A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s an ...
of the Jazz studies program at the
University of Central Florida The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University ...
. Until February 2013, it was known as UCF Jazz Ensemble 1. This band has the distinction of being one of the few college groups to have both of its first two professional recordings (2011 and 2012) on the
Flying Horse Records Flying Horse Records is a professional jazz record label operated by the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, Florida. Founded in 2012 by Jeff Rupert, it produces records for The Jazz Professors a jazz combo whose 2013 release " Do That ...
label hit the top 50 of the
JazzWeek ''JazzWeek,'' is a jazz magazine that was co-founded by Ed Trefzger in August 2001. ''Jazzweek'' publishes industry news and a weekly top 100 ranking of music played by jazz radio stations. Collection Method Originally, the company gathered its o ...
charts. The Flying Horse Big Band is under the direction of saxophonist, American
jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
musician, and professor
Jeff Rupert Jeff Rupert (born September 6, 1964) is an American jazz saxophonist and professor at the University of Central Florida. Career Rupert received his master's degree in Jazz Studies from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University in 1993, ...
. It has played at music festivals and appears at concert halls regionally and nationally. The band debuted a new composition by Sam Rivers in 2005 that featured Rivers and the RIVBEA orchestra. In 2005, the UCF Jazz Ensemble I performed a world premier for double big band composed by Sam Rivers. Their debut album '' Jazz Town'' climbed to 43 on the JazzWeek chart in 2011. Their 2012 release, ''
The Blues is Alright ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in E ...
'' topped out at 35th on JazzWeek's chart in March 2013. In 2013, the UCF Jazz Ensemble 1 was renamed as The Flying Horse Big Band.The Blues Is Alright
Flying Horse Records, Spring 2013


Discography

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Jazz Town
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) 2012 *
The Blues Is Alright
' (
Flying Horse The following is a list of fictional or mythological winged horses. Mythology *The ancient Pegasus is a mythological winged horse. *The Hippalectryon is a half-horse, half-rooster hybrid depicted in ancient Greek art. *Devadatta is the win ...
) 2013 *
Into the Mystic
' (
Flying Horse The following is a list of fictional or mythological winged horses. Mythology *The ancient Pegasus is a mythological winged horse. *The Hippalectryon is a half-horse, half-rooster hybrid depicted in ancient Greek art. *Devadatta is the win ...
) 2015 *
Big Man on Campus
' (
Flying Horse The following is a list of fictional or mythological winged horses. Mythology *The ancient Pegasus is a mythological winged horse. *The Hippalectryon is a half-horse, half-rooster hybrid depicted in ancient Greek art. *Devadatta is the win ...
) 2017 *
The Bat Swings
' (
Flying Horse The following is a list of fictional or mythological winged horses. Mythology *The ancient Pegasus is a mythological winged horse. *The Hippalectryon is a half-horse, half-rooster hybrid depicted in ancient Greek art. *Devadatta is the win ...
) 2018 *
Good News
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Flying Horse The following is a list of fictional or mythological winged horses. Mythology *The ancient Pegasus is a mythological winged horse. *The Hippalectryon is a half-horse, half-rooster hybrid depicted in ancient Greek art. *Devadatta is the win ...
) 2019


References

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